Ukrainians in April 2016 sold to banks $343.8 million more foreign currency than bought, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

According to the regulator, this is $84 million, or 32.3% more than in the previous month.

The volume of foreign currency sales by the public in April increased by 28.3%, to $384.5 million, purchases by 2.17%, to $40.7 million.

In 2015 Ukrainians sold to banks $1.55 billion more foreign currency than bought, while in the previous year the volume of forex purchases $2.41 billion exceeded its sales: a total of $5.61 billion was sold and $8.02 billion was bought.